Affordable Housing and Development Facilitor

Our City, Our Future

St. John's is a progressive city with a strong connection to the past and a positive outlook on the future. As one of the oldest cities in North America we have a unique history, but we are also a growing city with the needs and opportunities of a modern urban population. The City of St. John’s is committed to recruiting world-class talent and expertise to join our City staff, more than 1200 strong, who provide a vast array of valued services to the residents of St. John's and the metropolitan area. If you are an innovative thinker with a positive attitude and a commitment to quality, we want you to help us make St. John’s a city where people want to live and feel they belong.

The Opportunity

Under direction of the Manager of Housing the primary responsibility of this position is to assist the City to respond to the growing and changing needs for Affordable Housing in our communities. Though the oversight and implement of the City’s 10-year Affordable Housing Strategy as adopted by the St. John’s Municipal Council in 2019.

Accountabilities

• Lead the execution of the City’s Affordable Housing Strategy and associated implementation actions. Including support and assistance for housing research, reports and recommendations to Council, community partners and private stakeholder groups.
• Lead engagement and internal consultations related to the City of St John’s Affordable Housing Strategy objectives. Including chairing and preparing necessary information and documents for the Affordable Housing Working group and leading conversations on the intersections between housing, health, poverty reduction and the built environment. Also Chair of the Interdepartmental housing working group coordinating internal resources to further the Strategies targets.
• Develop and deliver workshops and forums on Affordable Housing and related issues.
• Research and inventory best practice models relevant to the City’s 10 year Affordable Housing Strategy priorities
• Oversee recurrent housing needs assessments for the City of St John’s and complete analysis of affordability indicators. As well as maintain a comprehensive non-market housing inventory and map for the City of St John’s.
• Research funding models and provide assistance to housing providers on the application and use of the funding models

Description disclaimer

The successful applicant will be required to participate in all training programs applicable to this position and other related work. The above statements reflect the general duties considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job identified and shall not be considered a detailed description of all work requirements that may be inherent in the job.

Qualifications

Education – Bachelor’s Degree in: Social Work, Social Sciences, Community Development or Municipal Planning.
Relevant Experience – Minimum 5 years’ experience working collaboratively with multiple stakeholders. Considerable housing development experience and knowledge of building Affordable Housing would be an asset.
Individuals who possess an equivalent combination of experience and training acceptable to the City of St. John’s will be considered.

Hours of Work

Monday - Friday
9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (33.75 hours per week)

Applicants must be members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 1289, or should be prepared to join the Union immediately upon appointment.

We wish to express our appreciation to all applicants for their interest and effort in applying for this position. However, only candidates selected for interview will be contacted. The City of St. John's does not accept applications in person, by email, fax or mail. Applications will be received up to 12:00 Midnight (Newfoundland Standard Time) on closing date.

This City of St. John's is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to the
employment of a qualified workforce which reflects the community's diversity.